Canara Bank launches loans for healthcare, savings accounts for womenCanara Bank introduces Canara Heal loan for hospital expenses, Canara Angel savings account, and various other products like Canara ReadyCa...
03 Apr, 2024, 07.37 PM IST
Cabinet okays Rs 1,261 crore scheme to provide drones to 15,000 women SHGsAs a part of the plan, the government will provide women SHGs 80% of the cost of the drone or its accessories and ancillaries for a maximum...
29 Nov, 2023, 07.10 PM IST
NPA of self-help groups down to 1.8 per cent: Rural Development MinisterNon-performing assets (NPAs) of self-help groups (SHGs) have gone down to 1.8 per cent, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh said...
18 Apr, 2023, 06.51 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu sanctions loan to 789 Self Help GroupsWhile APRB has given the highest amount of loan – Rs 49046000 – to 504 SHGs, SBI has loaned Rs 22601000 to 174 SHGs and APSCAB has doled ou...
21 Jul, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
Self Help Group potential can boost rural production and consumptionFor those who are not familiar with SHG, it is a voluntary group of 10-20 people having similar socio-economicbackground in small contiguou...
06 Apr, 2020, 12.08 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee plays santa to SHGs by subsidising bank borrowingSHGs cover more than two thirds of the rural households in the state and Banerjee’s largesse is also expected to boost TMC’s prospect in th...
28 Mar, 2014, 12.37 PM IST
ICICI to more than double loans to women self help groups next fiscalICICI Bank said it is targeting to more than double its cumulative disbursements to women self help groups to Rs 2,500 cr by the end of the...
08 Mar, 2014, 04.08 PM IST
From kisan credit cards to Aadhaar: Pioneer India being watched closelyEnsuring that the poor are able to save, smooth consumption, mitigate risks, invest, and build assets is critical to broad-based and equita...
24 Feb, 2012, 08.54 AM IST
- Women's SHG fund to get cabinet nod in next meet
Almost a year after Pranab Mukherjee announced a Rs 500-crore fund for women's SHG in the 2011-12 budget, the ministry may finally be able ...
20 Feb, 2012, 04.37 AM IST
- Andhra Pradesh CM gives another sop for self-help groups
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who completed one year in office, announced yet another sop for members of women self-he...
25 Nov, 2011, 10.06 PM IST
- ET in the Classroom: Self-help group
A self-help group is for the people, of the people and by the people, who save and contribute to a common fund which is used to lend to the...
26 Apr, 2011, 05.10 AM IST
- Bank of Maharashtra opens 11 new branches, 22 ATMs
Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) today expanded its branch and ATM networks by opening 11 branches and launching 22 ATMs.
29 Mar, 2011, 08.05 PM IST
- West Bengals's new directive; consessional loans to only 1 lakh SHGs
It was a promise made a year ago -- that bank loans would be made available at 4% per annum to nearly 70 lakh poor self help group (SHG) bo...
05 Mar, 2010, 01.18 PM IST
- West Bengal govt to limit its interest subsidy scheme fot SHGs
In order to keep subsidy flows in a tight leash, the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government has decided to reduce the scope of its proposed int...
27 Nov, 2009, 03.47 PM IST
- West Bengal widens scope for SHGs
In an attempt to make life a bit easier for over 70 lakh poor families in the state, West Bengal has widened the scope of its interest subv...
23 Jul, 2009, 04.27 PM IST
- West Bengal banks providing loans to SHGs
Banks operating in West Bengal have provided a fresh loan of Rs 175.5 crore to local self help groups (SHG), taking the total outstanding S...
02 Apr, 2009, 06.34 PM IST
- Banks have 'lackadaisical' attitude towards SHGs: Bansal
Expressing unhappiness over the banks' 'lackadaisical' attitude in lending to Self Help Groups (SHG), Union Minister of State for Finance P...
18 Oct, 2008, 07.30 PM IST